2009-10
Greg Somogyi averaged 2.5 points, 2.7 rebounds, and 1.4 blocked
shots per game...The numbers don't reflect his contribution,
particularly in the second half of the year...Scored season-high 12
and had season-high eight rebounds against Cal...Had seven rebounds
and three blocked shots in Big West Tournament win over UC
Davis...Had one of his best overall games against Ohio State in the
NCAA Tournament when he had six points, six rebounds, and two
blocked shots...Set a UCSB record with eight blocked shots in a win
at Fresno State...Had two games of five blocked shots as
well...Somogyi had five or more rebounds six times, including four
of the final nine games.

2008-09
Somogyi proved to be a defensive force during his freshman season
for the Gauchos, leading the team with 37 blocked shots...Averaged
1.2 blocks per game, as well as 3.6 points and 2.4 rebounds...His
37 blocks were the second most by a freshman in school
history...One of four players to compete in all 31 games, starting
in five games mid-season...Scored a career-high 14 points at UC
Davis...Somogyi ranked second on the team in field-goal percentage,
shooting .548 for the year...Career-best game in narrow victory
over Cal Poly, scoring 10 points and pulling down a career-high six
rebounds...Set a career-high with five blocks at San Diego State,
the most ever by a UCSB freshman...Had at least one blocked shot in
22 games and two or more 10 times...Had nine blocks over a two-game
span against San Diego State and Ball State...Notched a career-high
two assists on four occasions during the season against Nicholls,
Cal State Northridge, Pacific, and UC Davis...Set a career-high six
rebounds in a win over Winston-Salem State.

High School
Somogyi attended Woodside Priory in Portola Valley,
Calif., for his final two years of high school...Earned All-CIF
Central Coast Section and All-Private School Athletic League honors
following his senior season...Led Woodside to consecutive Private
School Athletic League titles...Woodside was undefeated in league
play in each of Somogyi's two campaigns...Helped the program to a
pair of second-place finishes in the CIF Central Coast
Section...Averaged 14 points, 10 rebounds, and six blocked shots
per game as a senior...Scored a career-high 32 points in a game
against Forest Lake Christian School...Coached by Al
Klein.

Personal
Gergely Somogyi was born October 1, 1989 in Budapest, Hungary...The
son of Gyorgy and Rita Somogyi...During the summer of 2008, he
played for the Hungarian under-20 National Team...Speaks Hungarian
as well as English...His most memorable sports moment came during a
high school basketball playoff game when he tipped-in a missed free
throw to tie the game with 1.6 seconds to play...Enjoys hanging out
with friends and going to the beach...Has two brothers, George and
Gabor...Somogyi and his brother George were teammates at Woodside
Priory in 2006-07...Majoring in business economics.